The public inspection of the draft plan, according to which the future residential area of Belgrade on the water will replace the Belgrade Fair, and according to which the school and kindergarten will be located in an area without enough sunlight, is in progress.
The owners of the company that finances the development of the Draft Plan for the block across from the Belgrade Fair are the owners of the plot on which the 18-story tower is planned. The opposition councilors of the Sava County are trying to prevent this and other illegalities in that document
Several thousand citizens blocked the Belgrade settlement Čukarica, and at 17.30:XNUMX a traffic blockade will be held near the Belgrade Fair.
"It's a question of the moment when schools, hospitals and other social infrastructure will become a nuisance on valuable land, so they too will start to be erased so that elite housing and business complexes can be built in their place," Olga Andrić from the Ministry told "Vreme" space
At the session of the Assembly of the Sava Valley, on the proposal of the councilors of the "Biramo Sava Valley" list, the General Staff and the Belgrade Fair were discussed, but they were not allowed to vote, because the President of the Assembly, Strahinja Kukić, suddenly decided that they were not competent for that.
The New Year's Fair at the Belgrade Fair starts on Friday, December 13 and will last until December 30, the organizers announced.
At the 17th Science Festival, which takes place from December 12 to 14 at the Belgrade Fair, a new thematic unit, the Zone of Ideas and Innovation, will be presented. The performances of guests from foreign countries were also announced, as well as the presentation of projects by young scientists
The International Council for Monuments and Monuments, ICOMOS, sent a letter to President Vučić and various ministries, reminding them that according to the Heritage Declaration, they are obliged to preserve the General Staff and the Belgrade Fair.
Three weeks before the beginning of the Book Fair in Belgrade, it was announced which country will be the Guest of Honor. Traditionally, this was already known at the end of the previous Fair
It is not known who invited the British company "Wilkinson Eyre" to design Hall 1 at the Belgrade Fair, who told them what should be in it, who will pay for all that and why no competition was organized
A day before the end of the Early Public Inspection of the Spatial Plan of the area of 331 square meters, which was extended to Belgrade on the water, the company of the same name sent a press release to the media, presenting to the general public what it intends to do with that part of the capital. The expert public saw in the offered plan what the company kept silent about
For the needs of the "Belgrade on the Water" project, residential buildings with a height of 70 to 120 meters will be built in the area of the Belgrade Fair. Everything is subordinated to the construction of as many square meters of residential and commercial space as possible, and the conversion of the famous Hall 1 is a cheap marketing trick
The association "Naša mesna zajednica" appealed to the largest number of citizens to submit objections to the Agency for Spatial Planning and Urbanism of Serbia on the Spatial Plan of the Special Purpose Area for Belgrade on the Water, which plans to build residential buildings in the area of the Belgrade Fair, except for Hall 1 height from 70 to 120 meters
Academics remind us that the General Staff, the Ministry of Defense and the Belgrade Fair complex constitute the cultural identity of Belgrade of special architectural and urban value.
"The entire undertaking of Belgrade on the water seems to me illogical, immoral, contrary to all the norms and principles that I have seen or even dared to imagine in my long urban planning and planning career"
The Belgrade International Week of Architecture BINA begins on Thursday with an exhibition about Villa Prendić, which was lucky enough not to be demolished, but rebuilt. A documentary film was made about this, as proof that preserving heritage is possible
The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU) believes that the competent authorities must find a solution that will preserve the Belgrade Fair as an architectural entity with its halls and purpose, appropriate to the indisputable values of that significant building.
The architects presented the Declaration on the Fate of the Belgrade Fair and the General Staff in an attempt to prevent the announced demolition of the buildings. They ask that these buildings be put under protection and restored. They also add that the implementation of the project "Belgrade on the water" is moving completely contrary to the principles and goals of sustainable development
Belgrade on the water crosses the Sava, and it will also cover Čukarica, as well as plots in the area of the Sava Valley and the Old Town. The 327-hectare expansion will include the Belgrade Fair, whose Hall 1 has been declared an immovable cultural asset as a cultural monument. Architect Dr. Iva Čukić warns of possible long-term consequences of unplanned construction and irreversible devastation of the environment
If the president turns Hall 1 into an Opera House, he will have to build a new building inside it that will cost the same as the building in New Belgrade, where the location for the Belgrade Opera House was determined fifteen years ago, a former city architect tells Vreme.
According to President Vučić, it is not certain whether the Faculty of Music Arts will get a building by 2027, but it is certain that Belgrade will get three opera halls
What is planned on the site of the current Fair? Apparently, a large number of buildings and Hall 1, unique in the world, which of those buildings would not even be seen
Professional associations are asking the authorities to review the decisions, in order to prevent the announced demolition of the Belgrade Fair complex, whose Hall 1 is recognized as one of the reference points for the modern movement in architecture, and is interpreted as an architectural heritage of humanity.
The "March for the Fair" of citizens who oppose the demolition of the Belgrade Fair began today with the gathering of participants at 11:55 a.m. in Manjež Park.
Why is "Cvijeta Zuzorić" leaking, why is the Belgrade Fair collapsing, why is there no money for culture, members of the Independent Cultural Scene ask and answer - because they are not in the public interest
The Ministry of Culture told the opposition leaders that the fate of the Fair was determined by the previous government, but not whether they will correct their mistake. I guess because according to them it is no longer a mistake
The book fair was a success, 190.000 people visited it, and next October it will be in Hall 1 again. Where it will be in 2027 has not been announced.
